--- title: As soon as Guido’s wife heard of this she saddled their ass, and goi… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as Guido’s wife heard of this she saddled their ass, and going to the palace, carefully placed her husband upon its back, and took him home, where he lay sick for a long time. Who acts: wife, palace, Guido. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wife, palace, Guido), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg65965:6:44 # text = As soon as Guido’s wife heard of this she saddled their ass, and going to the palace, carefully placed her husband upon its back, and took him home, where he lay sick for a long time. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 Guido Guido PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’s 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 obl _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 saddled saddle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 upon upon ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 home home ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 36 advmod _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 37 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Guido's wife | | | | | of this; soon *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of this=Stimulus | | 2 | **saddle** | past | wife | pits's ass | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent ass=Destination | | 3 | **go** | gerund | Guido's wife *not said here* | | | the palace | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **place** | participle | the palace *not said here* | wife's husband | | palace's back | | carefully *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent husband=Theme upon back=Destination | | 5 | **take** | past | Guido's wife *not said here* | | Guido | | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 6 | **lie** | past | Guido | | | | time | sick *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/6/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/6/44/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/6/)